This document provides an overview of Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO) along with best practice guidelines for configuring MPIO on Microsoft Windows Server with Dell EMC SC Series storage. Updated July 2018.

Learn how to configure Microsoft SCVMM 2012 and 2016 to manage Dell EMC SC Series storage with SMI-S. Also see how you can use SCVMM to create SAN copy-capable VM templates to rapid-provision new guest VMs. Video updated July 2018.

This technical white paper describes Dell EMC’s solution for 20,000 Exchange mailboxes with 20GB mailbox size supporting up to 150 messages per day in a four-copy DAG. In this solution, the PowerEdge R740xd server with 3.5-inch drives is configured for the Mailbox Server role.

The information in this document addresses the following: Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) being the entirety of all hardware and software components to support virtual network functions Virtualized Infrastructure Management (VIM) to support hardware and software components,

Proposed design choices include rack or blade servers, local disks or shared storage. Guidance contained within this document follows a building block methodology enabling the combination of several different components each with their own scaling capabilities.